Trans-Pacific View

Mark Esper was fired through a tweet after all the major media networks agreed that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States.

The new administration will take office at a crucial time for the U.S.-Philippines alliance.

While relatively minor, the duty runs counter to the administration's assiduous attempts to build a regional coalition to stand up to China.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said he favors signing the U.S. back up to the Paris Agreement.

The close race indicates lasting shifts in American politics which will spill over to U.S. international engagements.

Insights from Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy.

If the United States is to engage in a long-term great power competition with China, it will need to decouple from the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda.

The U.S. secretary of state had little success in swaying the Rajapaksa administration away from its pro-China bent.

Despite progress in some areas, Pompeo has struggled to sell his administration's stridently anti-China policy.

Vietnam hopes for more nuanced, multidimensional U.S. engagement as it seeks to enhance its strategic autonomy.

As the CCP doubles down on technological “self-reliance,” it’s time to refresh American economic statecraft.

The last-minute stop in Vietnam is designed to consolidate recent strategic gains as both nations stare down a more assertive China.